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Is the histochemical demonstration of lipase activity possible?

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  1. Department of Morbid Anatomy, Hospital for Sick Children and Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street, London

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Lake, B.D. Is the histochemical demonstration of lipase activity possible?. Histochem J 4, 71–73 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01005270

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